Indicator · TLI ind_foreign_arrivals_per_capita

International Tourist Arrivals Per Capita

จำนวนนักท่องเที่ยวต่างชาติต่อประชากร

AS OF 31 DEC 2025arrivals/residentWeight 0.5

Source

MOTS provincial arrival statistics (www.mots.go.th/images/). Annual international visitor arrivals divided by provincial population. Refresh: monthly upstream as new arrival reports are published.

Goalposts

The 0-to-100 score for this indicator is normalized against fixed methodology goalposts. The values below define the band; click through to the methodology page for the framework that anchors them.

Score 100: 5arrivals/resident
Score 0: 0.05arrivals/resident
Direction: Higher is better
Anchor: Fitted to the Thai provincial distribution

Goalposts of 0.05 and 5.0 international arrivals per resident are fitted to the observed Ministry of Tourism and Sports provincial distribution. The indicator is display-only on the public site: tourist density is directionally ambiguous because high arrivals signal a vibrant destination but also impose costs on infrastructure, housing prices, and resident quality of life. Audiences with differing preferences should weight Lifestyle and Culture accordingly.

Live distribution: 4 of 77 provinces clip at the score-100 ceiling; 25 of 77 clip at the score-0 floor.

Which Thai province leads on International Tourist Arrivals Per Capita?

4 Thai provinces share the maximum TLI score of 100/100 on International Tourist Arrivals Per Capita; the strongest by raw value are Phuket, Phangnga, and Krabi (raw values from 7.49 to 24.21 arrivals/resident). The bottom of the distribution is Si Sa Ket (0.01 arrivals/resident, score 0/100).

Coverage

77 of 77 Thai provinces. Median score: 18.1. Each province's score is normalized 0–100 against fixed goalposts; a higher score is more favorable.

Reading the columns.Raw valuethe actual measurement in arrivals/resident.Scorenormalized 0–100 against fixed methodology goalposts (not a percentile). Higher is better.Why ties?4 provinces share the score-100 ceiling because their raw values meet or exceed the upper goalpost. 25 share the score-0 floor at the lower goalpost. Provinces beyond the goalposts aren't separated further — that's the trade-off for fixed, year-over-year comparable scoring instead of percentiles.

Top scorers

Rank	Province	Raw value (arrivals/resident)	Score
1	Phuket	24.2106	100
2	Phangnga	9.8234	100
3	Krabi	7.4923	100
4	Chon Buri	6.2822	100
5	Bangkok	4.5903	98.1

Lowest scorers

Rank	Province	Raw value (arrivals/resident)
77	Si Sa Ket	0.0052
76	Phichit	0.0057
75	Yasothon	0.0069
74	Nong Bua Lam Phu	0.0074
73	Uthai Thani	0.0078

Show all 77 provinces rankedSorted highest to lowest score

Rank	Province	Raw value (arrivals/resident)	Score
1	Phuket	24.2106	100
2	Phangnga	9.8234	100
3	Krabi	7.4923	100
4	Chon Buri	6.2822	100
5	Bangkok	4.5903	98.1
6	Surat Thani	3.9747	95
7	Songkhla	2.6691	86.4
8	Nong Khai	2.3646	83.7
9	Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya	2.3047	83.2
10	Chiang Mai	1.8813	78.8
11	Yala	1.6134	75.4
12	Trat	1.5661	74.8
13	Satun	1.4765	73.5
14	Prachuap Khiri Khan	1.3815	72.1
15	Rayong	1.2072	69.1
16	Samut Songkhram	0.9088	63
17	Narathiwat	0.9022	62.8
18	Mae Hong Son	0.8666	61.9
19	Samut Prakan	0.7334	58.3
20	Udon Thani	0.6851	56.8
21	Phetchaburi	0.5935	53.7
22	Chiang Rai	0.5383	51.6
23	Sukhothai	0.5187	50.8
24	Kanchanaburi	0.455	48
25	Mukdahan	0.4484	47.6
26	Pathum Thani	0.2952	38.6
27	Nakhon Phanom	0.2475	34.7
28	Pattani	0.2456	34.6
29	Sa Kaeo	0.2398	34
30	Phitsanulok	0.2316	33.3
31	Ranong	0.193	29.3
32	Lamphun	0.1831	28.2
33	Nonthaburi	0.1808	27.9
34	Phatthalung	0.1639	25.8
35	Trang	0.1522	24.2
36	Lampang	0.1451	23.1
37	Ratchaburi	0.1407	22.5
38	Chumphon	0.119	18.8
39	Saraburi	0.1152	18.1
40	Nakhon Ratchasima	0.1117	17.5
41	Phayao	0.092	13.2
42	Nakhon Nayok	0.0863	11.9
43	Nakhon Pathom	0.084	11.3
44	Bueng Kan	0.0798	10.2
45	Khon Kaen	0.0707	7.5
46	Phrae	0.0675	6.5
47	Tak	0.0598	3.9
48	Suphan Buri	0.0576	3.1
49	Nan	0.056	2.4
50	Chanthaburi	0.0543	1.8
51	Loei	0.0528	1.2
52	Chachoengsao	0.0516	0.7
53	Prachin Buri	0.0447	0
54	Buri Ram	0.0446	0
55	Nakhon Si Thammarat	0.0426	0
56	Kalasin	0.0426	0
57	Phetchabun	0.0425	0
58	Kamphaeng Phet	0.0378	0
59	Lopburi	0.0364	0
60	Ang Thong	0.0342	0
61	Surin	0.0313	0
62	Sing Buri	0.0291	0
63	Samut Sakhon	0.0216	0
64	Chai Nat	0.0208	0
65	Ubon Ratchathani	0.0205	0
66	Amnat Charoen	0.0197	0
67	Sakon Nakhon	0.0186	0
68	Nakhon Sawan	0.0184	0
69	Uttaradit	0.0166	0
70	Maha Sarakham	0.0122	0
71	Roi Et	0.011	0
72	Chaiyaphum	0.0102	0
73	Uthai Thani	0.0078	0
74	Nong Bua Lam Phu	0.0074	0
75	Yasothon	0.0069	0
76	Phichit	0.0057	0
77	Si Sa Ket	0.0052	0

Methodology

See the methodology page for the full TLI scoring approach, including how this indicator's category Lifestyle & Culture combines with the other six categories via geometric mean.

Cite as: "International Tourist Arrivals Per Capita." Thailand Livability Index, 2026. CC BY-NC 4.0.

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